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Miranda July's Reading List

The director, screenwriter, actor, artist and author, most recently, of "The First Bad Man," can't stand Garfield. "That dumb man and his dumb, mean cat have gotten more of our attention than they deserve."

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By the Book: Miranda July (2015)

NYT By the Book column (2015-01-07).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin · Buy on Amazon
"There are formative books I loved as a teenager, like "Giovanni's Room" (James Baldwin)."
Cover of Women in Love
Women in Love
D. H. Lawrence · Buy on Amazon
"There are formative books I loved as a teenager, like … "Women in Love" (D. H. Lawrence)."
Cover of Maurice
Maurice
E. M. Forster · Buy on Amazon
"There are formative books I loved as a teenager, like … "Maurice" (E. M. Forster)."
A Time for Everything
Karl Ove Knausgaard · Buy on Amazon
"I'm looking for things I almost don't like or can't fully understand, for example Karl Ove Knausgaard's book about angels, "A Time for Everything.""
Two Serious Ladies
Jane Bowles · Buy on Amazon
"Sheila Heti was dismayed I hadn't read "Two Serious Ladies" (Jane Bowles), and yes, it couldn't be more up my alley — I loved it."
Man v. Nature
Diane Cook · Buy on Amazon
"Her book "Man v. Nature" is a knockout. Also, and I don't usually say this, every single story could make a great movie."
A Little Princess
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
""A Little Princess," "The Secret Garden" — and a less famous book in the same vein called "Mandy," about an orphan who makes a little secret home for herself in the woods."
The Secret Garden
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
""A Little Princess," "The Secret Garden" — and a less famous book in the same vein called "Mandy.""
Mandy
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"A less famous book in the same vein called "Mandy," about an orphan who makes a little secret home for herself in the woods. The common theme here is orphaned girls who make secret, special places for themselves. That's my core identity."

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